. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1569 
1 June 2007 
 (07-2268) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Vegetables, fruits, nuts, and other field and nursery crops  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NOTICE. 1,3-
Dichloropropene (1,3-D) Revised Human Health  Risk Assessment, Notice of Availability 
and Solicitation of Risk Reduction Option s (available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the ava ilability and solicitation of 
comments on the EPA's revised human health risk assessment for the soil fumigant 1,3-
Dichloropropene (1,3-D), which is commonly refe rred to as telone.  In addition, this notice 
seeks public comment on the risk reduction optio ns paper and EPA's benefits assessments 
for the soil fumigant group.  The Agency is  also seeking comments on the 1,3-D ecological 
risk assessment which, based on public comments in phase 3, was not revised.  Although 
1,3-D has undergone reregistration and a Rere gistration Eligibility Decision was published 
in December 1998, EPA is concurrently assessing six soil fumigants to ensure that its risk 
assessment approaches are consistent, and to ensure that risk tradeoffs and economic 
outcomes can be adequately predicted in reaching risk management decisions for the five 
other soil fumigants.  The Agency is seek ing the same input from the public on these 
pesticides.  EPA has developed a revised human health risk assessment for 1,3-D and is seeking comment through a public participation pr ocess in order to make available current 
and accurate information on this pesticide. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1569 
Page 2  
 
  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
2 May 2007 (Volume 72, Number 84) Notice Page 24297-24299; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/May/Day-02/p8390.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 2 July 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0124. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov